Hoodwink



(No Model.) I

H. SEFPER.

HooDWINK.

No. 589,307. y Patented Aug. 31,1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT, rricn.

HBERT'SEFFER, OF HGUSTON, TEXAS.

HOODWINK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,307, dated August31, 1897'.

Application filed December S0, 1896. Serial No. 617,486. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, HUBERT SEFFER, a citil zen of the United States,residing at Houston,

in the county of Harris and State of Texas, have invented a new anduseful Hoodwink, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hoodwinks or goggles; and the principal objectof the invention is to provide a device of this character in which theeyepieces or hoods are adjust able toward and away from `each other, sothat the positions thereof may be accommodated to the eyes of thewearers, whereby the same hoodwink may be used repeatedly upon'different persons and adjusted accurately to suit the width between theeyes and to render the eyepieces comfortable to the wearer.

The invention also has for its obj ect to connect the eyepieces by meansof an elastic disposed in such manner that it will not press with anyconsiderable force against the nose of the wearer and thereby detractfrom his comfort.

With the above objects in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures and details of construction, as hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the drawings7 and finally embodied in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of theimproved hoodwink or goggles. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View ofthe same.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in bothfigures ofthe drawings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, l designates an elastic cord orweb of a length sufficient to enable the same to be passed around thehead of any person and the endsV tied in any convenient manner. Uponthis elastic cord is arranged a pair of eyepieces 2. These eyepieces maybe of any suitable material-such as metal, rubber, leather, felt,enameled glass, ctc. -and are preferably made perfectly opaque,although, if desired, the said eyepieces may be lconstructed of amaterial which is to any desired extent translucent. The eyepieces 2 areof an ellipsoidal form and are also made concavo-convex incross-section, the concaved surfaces of such pieces being disposedinward, so as to afford balls and sockets and permit the eyes to befreely opened without any inconvenience whatever.

Each of the eyepieces 2 has arranged centrally thereof and attachedrigidly to its outer surface an eye or loop 3, and a similar eye or loopis located at or near the outer corner or edge thereof. Through theseeyes or loops is passed the elastic cord l, and as such cord naturallytakes a straight line from the central eye of one eyepieceto thecorresponding eye ofthe other eyepiece the space between the eyepiecesand the elastic cord is left per-V fectly free for the nose of thewearer, so that no material pressure of the elastic cord against thenose is had.

By means of the construction above described, and as the elastic cord isrove loosely through the eyes 3, the eyepieces maybe slid together orapart upon said cord, so as to correspond exactly to the distance apartof the eyes of the particular person upon whom the progress of anelectrical storm, as it will ef-` fectively exclude flashes of lightningfrom the vision and thereby obviate shocks, Which'are so distressing tothe nervous systems, especially of weak and delicate women. The devicemay also be used for other purposes, which will readily suggestthemselves.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted 'to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe adavantages of this invention.'

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. Thecombination with an elastic cord or web, of a pair of eyepieces mountedthereon and capable of adjustment longitudinally thereof, substantiallyas described.

2. The combination with a pair of eyepieces provided with eyes or loops,of an elastic cord cavities or cups, which will surround the eye 1distance apart, substantially as described.

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Io near their outer edges, of a. cord passing through the several eyesor loops, substzrnn tifrlly as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that; I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HUBERT SEFFER.

Witnesses:

F. R. DE (IRENE, JN0. H. RUBY.

